2022 Derby City Council election
← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →
17 out of 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 21 seats, 38.5% 14 seats, 31.0% 8 seats, 15.4%
Seats won 5 7 2
Seats after 18 16 8
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 18,280 20,419 9,530
Percentage 32.4% 36.1% 16.9%
Swing Decrease 6.1% Increase 5.1% Increase 1.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Reform UK Independent
Last election 6 seats, 7.2% 2 seats, 3.4%
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 6 3
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 4,492 1,539
Percentage 8.0% 2.7%
Swing Increase 0.8% Decrease 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Derby City Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 2022 Derby City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election.

Results summary

2022 Derby City Council election[1]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 5 Decrease 3 29.4 13 18 35.3 18,280 32.4 -6.1
  Labour 7 Increase 2 41.2 9 16 31.4 20,419 36.1 +5.1
  Liberal Democrats 2 Steady 11.8 6 8 15.7 9,530 16.9 +1.5
  Reform UK 2 Steady 11.8 4 6 11.8 4,492 8.0 +0.8
  Independent 1 Increase 1 5.9 2 3 5.9 1,539 2.7 -0.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,169 3.8 -0.6
  English Democrat 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 56 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Paul Hezelgrave 1,384 47.3 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Farhatullah Khan 924 31.6 -2.6
Conservative Adam Hurt 355 12.1 -6.1
Green Helen Hitchcock 161 5.5 -0.9
Reform UK Julie Paxton 103 3.5 +0.6
Majority 460 15.7
Turnout 2,927 30.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase5.8

Allestree

Allestree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Webb 2,629 55.3 -11.8
Labour Patrick Green 1,226 25.8 +6.5
Green Tony Mott 413 8.7 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bird 344 7.2 +2.4
Reform UK David Adams 139 2.9 +1.0
Majority 1,403 29.5
Turnout 4,751 43.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.2

Alvaston

Alvaston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Alan Graves 1,692 54.9 +11.0
Labour Co-op Tom Spray 979 31.7 -0.2
Conservative Peter Berry 292 9.5 -11.2
Liberal Democrats David Edwards 121 3.9 +0.4
Majority 713 23.2
Turnout 3,084 27.0
Reform UK gain from UKIP Swing Increase5.6

Arboretum

Arboretum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shiraz Khan 1,981 76.6 +9.1
Conservative Edward Harrison 269 10.4 -1.9
Liberal Democrats Jairo Marrero 209 8.1 +0.1
Reform UK Stephen Handley 128 4.9 +0.1
Majority 1,712 66.2
Turnout 2,587 22.2
Labour hold Swing Increase5.5

Blagreaves

Blagreaves
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Skelton 1,877 50.2 +0.8
Labour Saquib Amin 1,382 37.0 +9.0
Conservative David Jennings 378 10.1 -9.6
Reform UK James Wise 103 2.8 -0.1
Majority 495 13.2
Turnout 3,740 38.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease4.1

Boulton

Boulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Alan Lindsey 1,176 41.0 -16.3
Labour Iain Parker 1,109 38.7 +4.3
Conservative Chris Howlett 481 16.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Webb 99 3.5 -4.8
Majority 67 2.3
Turnout 2,865 28.6
Reform UK gain from UKIP Swing Decrease10.3

Chaddesden

Chaddesden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Cooper 1,971 65.7 -3.4
Labour Co-op John Banks 743 24.8 ±0.0
Green Stevie Hardy 113 3.8 N/A
Reform UK Alfred Saxby 89 3.0 -0.4
Liberal Democrats Glenda Howcroft 86 2.9 +0.3
Majority 1,228 40.9
Turnout 3,002 30.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.7

Chellaston

Chellaston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Celia Ingall 1,539 39.9 +3.9
Conservative Ross McCristal 1,284 33.3 -9.5
Labour Viv Pointon 711 18.4 +4.0
Green Daniel Thompson 117 3.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Wilson 104 2.7 -2.4
Reform UK George Warren 100 2.6 +0.9
Majority 255 6.6
Turnout 3,855 32.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase6.7

Darley

Darley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Carmel Swan 2,040 53.5 +10.3
Conservative Alan Grimadell 1,078 28.3 -2.5
Green Jane Temple 380 10.0 -7.0
Liberal Democrats Gregory Webb 209 5.5 -1.1
Reform UK Lucy Murphy 104 2.7 +0.2
Majority 962 25.2
Turnout 3,811 36.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase6.4

Although Darley was a Labour hold from the 2018 Derby City Council election it was a Labour gain from 2021 when it was won by the Conservatives at a by-election held concurrently with the main 2021 Derby City Council election.

Derwent

Derwent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Martin Rawson 867 38.6 +10.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Hudson 693 30.8 +28.3
Conservative Gaynor Collick 626 27.8 -9.2
Reform UK Amanda Gouy de Muyncke 62 2.8 +0.2
Majority 174 7.8
Turnout 2,248 22.3
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing Decrease8.9

Littleover

Littleover
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Care 2,247 51.3 +8.1
Labour Co-op Philip Hutchinson 1,302 29.7 +0.3
Conservative Ed Packham 661 15.1 -9.9
Green Jak Carr 114 2.6 N/A
Reform UK Carole Bradley 55 1.3 -0.2
Majority 945 21.6
Turnout 4,379 39.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase3.9

Mackworth

Mackworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Whitby 1,160 43.8 +5.9
Conservative Adrian Pegg 983 37.1 -7.8
Green Sam Ward 303 11.4 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Carmine Branco 107 4.0 -0.4
Reform UK Nigel Caulton 97 3.7 +0.3
Majority 177 6.7
Turnout 2,650 26.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase6.9

Mickleover

Mickleover
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Holmes 2,489 50.3 -8.6
Liberal Democrats Nick Northover 1,558 31.5 +4.2
Labour Jonathan Bayliss 640 12.9 +0.7
Green Holly Rushbrooke 176 3.6 N/A
Reform UK Steve Peach 85 1.7 +0.2
Majority 931 18.8
Turnout 4,948 41.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.4

Normanton

Normanton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Balbir Sandhu 2,067 74.0 +17.5
Conservative Jamie Mulhall 510 18.3 +7.0
Reform UK Anthony Blaney 135 4.8 -2.5
Liberal Democrats Abdul Jabbar 82 2.9 -21.9
Majority 1,557 55.7
Turnout 2,794 26.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase5.3

Oakwood

Oakwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mick Barker 1,668 53.7 -10.0
Labour Co-op Neil Wilson 788 25.3 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Frank Harwood 448 14.4 -4.2
Green Molly Christodoulou 123 4.0 +0.4
Reform UK Helen Caulton 82 2.6 +1.2
Majority 880 28.4
Turnout 3,109 30.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease11.3

Sinfin

Sinfin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Nadine Peatfield 1,439 58.7 -0.7
Conservative Jay Joshi 733 29.9 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Lind 126 5.1 +0.3
Reform UK Brenden May 96 3.9 -1.2
English Democrat David Black 56 2.3 N/A
Majority 706 28.8
Turnout 2,450 23.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing N/A

Spondon

Spondon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Poulter 1,873 57.0 -13.0
Labour Ashiq Hussain 601 18.3 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Wray 296 9.0 +4.6
Green Victor Wood 269 8.2 -1.7
Reform UK Stephen Fowke 248 7.5 +5.2
Majority 1,272 38.7
Turnout 3,287 33.6
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.0

References

  1. ^ "2022 local election results". Derby City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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